Changeset c8f694b for chapter09

Timestamp:

07/09/2005 05:15:05 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

6.1, 6.1.1

Children:

2d65567

Parents:

4141077

Message:

Add information concerning tracking security issues and new package versions (Steve Crosby). Merged from r6461 and r6462.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6466 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter09/whatnow.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter09/whatnow.xml

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 <itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Maintenance</para>
+
+<para>Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software.
+Since an LFS system is compiled from source, it is up to you to keep abreast of
+such reports.  There are several online resources that track such reports, some
+of which are shown below:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Freshmeat.net (<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>)</para>
+
+<para>Freshmeat can notify you (via email) of new versions of packages installed on your system.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</ulink> (Computer
+Emergency Response Team)</para>
+
+<para>CERT has a mailing list that publishes security alerts concerning various
+operating systems and applications.  Subscription information is available at
+<ulink url="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html"/>.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Bugtraq</para>
+
+<para>Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list.  It publishes
+newly discovered security issues, and occasionally potential fixes for them.
+Subscription information is available at
+<ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive"/>.</para>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para>